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Lex mala, lex nulla.A bad law is no law. (St. Thomas Aquinas)
Ab ovo usque ad malaFrom the egg right to the apple (From the beginning to the end) (Horace)
ab ovo usque ad malafrom the egg to the apples (i.e., from appetizer to dessert; from beginning to end)
ad mala quisque animum referat sualet each recall his own woes (Ovid)
Amare autem nihil aliud est, nisi eum ipsum diligei-e, quern ames, nulla indigentia, nulla utilitate qusesitaTo love is nothing else than to hold in high esteem the object of your affection, apart from all compulsion and all question of advantage. --- Cicero [Marcus Tullius Cicero]
amico ficto nulla fit injuriano injury is done to a feigned friend
aperte mala cum est mulier, tum demum est bonawhen a woman is openly bad, she then is at the best (i.e., open dishonesty is preferable to concealed hypocrisy)
ardua molimur; sed nulla nisi ardua virtusI attempt an arduous task; but there is no virtue that is not of difficult achievement (Ovid)
bona nemini hora est, ut non alicui sit malathere is no hour good for one man that is not bad for another (Publilius Syrus)
bonus animus in mala re dimidium est maligood courage in a bad circumstance is half of the evil overcome (Plautus)
cavendi nulla est dimittenda occasiono occasion to be alert is to be overlooked
conveniens homini est hominem servare voluptas. Et melius nulla quæritur arte favorit is a pleasure appropriate to man for him to save a fellow man; and gratitude is acquired in no better way (Ovid)
corrumpunt mores bonos colloquia malabad company corrupts good morals (1 Corinthians 15:33)
damnum appellandum est cum mala fama lucrumgain made at the expense of reputation must be reckoned as loss
de morte hominis nulla est cunctatio longano delay is long when it concerns the death of a man
 

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